U3W4 Wonders Test-"Honest Abe"

1. What does the word haste mean? competitiveness helplessness weakness 2. Which word mean almost the SAME as divided? jagged faded damaged separated 3. What does the word shattered mean? destroyed deserted shambled shuffled 4. What does the word tension mean? feeling of anxiety or fear wiliness to yield or surrender mental or emotional strain belief about or understanding of something 5. What does the word opposed mean? disagreed offended positioned possessed 6. Which word means almost the SAME as perish? disappear disapprove disagree dislike 7. What does the word proclamation mean? the act of relaxing power to capture attention firmness of purpose an official public announcement 8. Read the dictionary entry below.Noun: a formal speechVerb: write directions on mailWhich of the following words is defined in the entry above? address tension haste proclamation 9. What was the "hideous sight" that shattered Abraham Lincoln's joy? the death of war the Union soldiers slaves chained together the hunters he ferried down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers 10. Why did Abraham Lincoln decide to become a lawmaker? to help people to end slavery to give speeches to become president 11. What happened a month before Abraham Lincoln took office as the president? Southern troops attacked Fort Sumter. He issued the Emancipation Proclamation. Seven southern states joined the Union. Seven southern states left the Union. 12. Reread this quote from the selection.I never, in my life, felt more certain that I was doing the right, than I do in the signing this paper. My whole sole is in it.What paper was President Lincoln referring to in this quote? the Constitution a story from the bible the Emancipation Proclamation the Gettysburg Address 13. What is the MAIN idea of the Gettysburg Address? We must help one another. For those who have died, we must continue to fight for a new freedom. Our country will only survive when slavery is eliminated. We must continue to fight against those from other countries who threaten our liberties. 14. Explain how you know that Abe's Honest Words is a biography. Identify features of this genre in the selection. (Genre) 15. What is the author's point of view about slavery? Use evidence from the text to support your response. (Author's point of view) 15. Use context to define the word election on page 247. Explain how knowing the Latin suffix -ion helped you. (Latin and Greek suffixes) 16. Write about how this biography would be different if the author did not support Lincoln's views on slavery. (Write about reading)